Geoff Hall-Musician and Composer Film — Geoff Hall, a multi-instrument composer and guitarist has created a range of instrumental and film score pieces from traditional orchestral to modern instrumentation. He has studied with world-renowned guitarists and completed a degree in Orchestration and Scoring for Film and Television at the Berklee College of Music. He composes instrumental music that is often tied to a visual story or emotion; 1 p.m., Longmont Senior Center, 910 Longs Peak Ave., Longmont; free; longmontcolorado.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/26472/1300?curm=02&cury=2019.

Button Rock Preserve: Protecting Longmont's Watershed — The inspirational legacy of Ansel Adams includes his major significance as an environmentalist. Learn about one of Longmont's most important environmental resources: water. Find out what it takes to manage the water, forests, and recreation at Button Rock Preserve. Watershed Ranger Jamie Freel will explore these topics and share stories from the flood of 2013. Learn more at longmontmuseum.org or call 303-651-8374. Tickets are free, but required; 6:30 p.m., Longmont Museum, 400 Quail Road, Longmont; free; longmontmuseum.org.

Views & Brews American Landscape Film Series: Valley Uprising — In complement to Longmont Museum's Ansel Adams: Early Works exhibit, enjoy a series of films featuring the American landscape. The series will take you from Yosemite's mighty Half Dome and Wyoming's Devil's Tower to Mt. Rushmore and the American South. Special $2 beers from Left Hand Brewing Company. All movies are also paired with a signature cocktail, and galleries are open (5-9 pm) to enjoy for free with your film ticket. The 50-year history of rock climbing in Yosemite Valley is chronicled in this documentary charting the birth and rise of a rebellious counterculture; 7 p.m., Longmont Museum, 400 Quail Road, Longmont; $8; 303-651-8374, longmontmuseum.org.

Multicultural Potluck — Celebrate friendship and a variety of fabulous food. Please bring a favorite dish to share that will serve 4-6 people that represents your heritage. The Senior Center will provide a main dish, drinks, plates, cups and utensils. This event is kicking off a series of Multicultural Potlucks occurring at Senior Centers around the county; 12:30 p.m. Friday, Longmont Senior Center, 910 Longs Peak Ave., Longmont; free; longmontcolorado.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/26374/1300?curm=02&cury=2019.

The Boulder alt-country band gives its EPs names such as Death and Resurrection, and its songs bear the mark of hard truths and sin. But the punk energy behind the playing, and the sense that it's all in good fun, make it OK to dance to a song like "Death." Full Story